Laevichlamys deliciosa ( Iredale, 1939 )

Dijkstra, Henk H. & Maestrati, Philippe, 2012, Pectinoidea (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Propeamussiidae, Cyclochlamydidae n. fam., Entoliidae and Pectinidae) from the Vanuatu Archipelago, Zoosystema 34 (2), pp. 389-408 : 399

Laevichlamys deliciosa ( Iredale, 1939)

Mimachlamys deliciosa Iredale, 1939: 350 , pl. 5, figs 22, 22a.

Laevichlamys deliciosa – Dijkstra & Kilburn 2001: 288 , figs 23, 24 (references, synonymy, description, distribution). — Raines & Poppe 2006: 200, pl. 142, figs 2, 3 (references, type data, original and additional descriptions).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Australia. N Queensland, SE of Lizard Island, Low Isles , 35 m, 5 syntypes spms ( AMS C89669 ).

Vanuatu. SANTO 2006, stn EP01, 15°32.5’S, 167°09.0’E, 46-47 m, 1 spm. — Stn EP10, 15°34.5’-38.0’S, 167°05.1’- 13.6’E, 45-101 m, 2 spms.— Stn ED13, 15°31.3’-31.6’S, 167°10.0’-10.4’E, 22-29 m, 1 lv. — Stn EP22, 15°37.3’- 37.4’S, 167°05.8’-06.0’E, 78-91 m, 1 lv, 1 rv. — Stn EP39, 15°33.6’-33.7’S, 167°16.3’-16.5’E, 75-80 m, 1 spm. — Stn AT46, 15°37.7’S, 167°05.3’E, 92-104 m, 1 lv. — Stn DS103, 15°34.1’S, 167°16.0’E, 70-80 m, 1 rv. — Stn DS104, 15°34.1’S, 167°16.0’E, 80 m, 1 rv. — Stn DS108, 15°33.2’S, 167°16.6’E, 100 m, 1 lv .

DISTRIBUTION. — Western Indian Ocean, southern Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, northern Australia, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu (new record) and New Caledonia, from depths of 35-205 m ( Dijkstra & Maestrati 2008: 106).